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The state's prisons and one of the most powerful politicians in the state Senate are arguing for a bill that critics say could keep any information about executions secret. The bill also says information about the drugs and equipment used in executions and the firms that supply the drugs could be kept out of any lawsuits. The measure was meant to protect the firms that mix up the so-called "cocktails" of drugs Virginia uses to execute people, said state Sen. Richard Saslaw, D-Springfield, the Senate minority leader. "When we use the electric chair, we don't give the name of the guy who pulled the switch," he told the Senate subcommittee on health...

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The state's prisons and one of the most powerful politicians in the state Senate are arguing for a bill that critics say could keep any information about executions secret.
The bill also says information about the drugs and equipment used in executions...

When it's time to strike a plea bargain, African-Americans have had less luck than whites in reducing charges, a Daily Press review of statewide court data found.
A Daily Press analysis of more than 110,000 case status records from last year, assembled...

A proposal to eliminate jail time for marijuana possession in Virginia, instead making it punishable by a maximum $100 civil penalty, has been quickly snuffed out by a Republican-controlled Senate panel.
The state Senate Courts of Justice Committee...

Gloucester County Public Schools is looking at a challenging budget year with the opening of a new school and an expected decrease in student enrollment.
The Gloucester County School Board discussed an initial overview of the division's fiscal year...

Gov. Terry McAuliffe signed a conditional pardon today for Reginald "Neli" Latson, an autistic man who assaulted a law enforcement officer who found him loitering in a hoodie outside a public library in 2010.
The governor office tweeted the...

The Gloucester County School Board approved a policy on bathroom use Tuesday night that restricts transgender students to either single-stall restrooms or the restrooms designated for their biological gender.
The decision was not what Gloucester High...

Health is on the agenda at the seventh annual My Time Women's Show in Hampton on Saturday, Jan. 24. Along with information, education, entertainment and giveaways, speakers will take the stage on a variety of topics, from cooking to safety, at the Daily...

Following the Virginia Board of Health's vote in December 2014 to amend the architectural requirements governing abortion clinics in the state, a 30-day public comment period opened Monday, Jan. 12, 2015.
The public comment period runs until Feb. 11,...

Sure things are a rarity when the state legislature rolls back into town.
That said, it's a pretty sure bet Virginia's legislators will talk about serious ethics reforms after the curtain goes up Wednesday on their 2015 session.
Thank federal...

The Gloucester High School sophomore whose request to use boys' bathrooms led to a policy limiting the facilities available to transgender students is challenging the restriction with a federal civil rights complaint.
The American Civil Liberties Union...

HAMPTON — An agreement between five local police departments to share telephone records obtained during criminal investigations came to light late this year.
The agencies — in Newport News, Hampton, Norfolk, Chesapeake and Suffolk — signed an interagency...

Same-sex marriage is now legal in Virginia for the first time since the stage's inception as a colony more than 400 years ago.
It all began in July 2013, when a Norfolk couple — college English instructor Tim Bostic and real estate agent Tony London —...

The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday, Dec. 22, overturned a North Carolina law requiring physicians to perform "narrated" ultrasounds.
"At issue here is a North Carolina statute that requires physicians to perform an ultrasound,...

The Middle Peninsula was on the cutting edge of gender politics in 2014 and in the headlines several times over the course of the year. Here's a quick look back at some of the major stories.
Transgender bathroom policy
The Gloucester County School Board...

An effort by Del. Richard P. "Dickie" Bell, R-Staunton, to legislate guidelines for prayers when public bodies gather could create more confusion than clarity, said Rebecca Glenberg, legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union of...

The new Women's Equality Coalition rolled out its legislative agenda Thursday, calling for an end to some of Virginia's abortion regulations, better contraception access, expanded Medicaid and a host of other priorities.
Many of them are longshots in a...

Gavin Grimm was admittedly an angry child full of mixed emotions, desperately trying to fit in but always coming up short.
"I love science and I used to tell people I was a failed science experiment," the 15-year-old Gloucester High School...

Filings in Newport News Circuit Court show that judicial orders allowing police to obtain telephone records during criminal investigations have jumped dramatically in recent years.
Judges have signed off on 221 such orders in Newport News since 2008...

Several local police departments struck an agreement in early 2013 to share telephone data gathered during criminal investigations, according to a memorandum between the agencies.
Police in Newport News, Hampton, Norfolk, Chesapeake and Suffolk are...

A large armored vehicle that in recent years patrolled the battlefields of the Middle East now stands at the ready in York County.
Once used to help American troops avoid getting killed or maimed by roadside bombs, the imposing vehicle was turned over to...